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  Shana Alexander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shana Alexander (October 6, 1925 - June 23, 2005) was an American columnist.
Alexander graduated from Vassar College in 1945, majoring in anthropology.
She died of cancer in Hermosa Beach, California at the age of 79 on June 23, 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shana_Alexander   (361 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shana Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The passes, a tiny part of the vast Shana Alexander Collection, reflect her decades of globetrotting in pursuit of the story – whether it was in Lewiston, Maine – site of the May 1965 heavyweight boxing championship, or in Chicago – site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Alexander was a journalist for Life magazine for 18 years; the first female editor of McCall’s; a columnist for Newsweek; co-host of "Point/Counterpoint," a segment on the "60 Minutes" television program; and is the author of seven books, including "Happy Days," an autobiography.
Alexander’s papers were given to Illinois because, "I asked Shana and she said 'yes,' " said Barbara Jones, head of the UI Rare Book and Special Collections Library, which is the repository for the new collection.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shana-Alexander   (1037 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - Anyone's Daughter, by Shana Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
...Alexander's daughter Kathy, Patty seems to have "lost" her mother at a very tender age, and in neither case was the loss a temporary phenomenon...
...Alexander, for her part, was proud of having been the literary midwife to and biographer of the first elephant ever born in the United States, a blessed event which she had described in detail in the pages of Life magazine...
...Alexander-that the newborn Patty had the attention of her mother for a far shorter period of time before the distracting arrival of a younger sibling than either Ginna or Anne did, and that Vicki never had to contend with a younger rival...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V67I5P80-1.htm   (1627 words)

  
 Shana Alexander's papers chronicles lifetime of achievement as writer
The passes, a tiny part of the new Shana Alexander Collection, reflect Alexander’s decades of globetrotting in pursuit of the story, whether it was in Lewiston, Maine – site of the 1965 heavyweight boxing championship; Chicago – site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention; or Vietnam.
Alexander was a writer for Life magazine for 18 years; the first female editor of McCall's; a columnist for Newsweek; a co-host of "Point/Counterpoint," a segment on the "60 Minutes" television program; and is the author of seven books, including her autobiography, "Happy Days."
Alexander’s papers were given to Illinois because, "I asked Shana and she said ‘yes,’ " said Barbara Jones, head of the UI Rare Book and Special Collections Library, the repository for the new collection.
www.news.uiuc.edu /gentips/01/05shana.html   (494 words)

  
 Veteran journalist Shana Alexander to give UI her papers
Alexander’s archive is "particularly rich" in documenting her research on the Harris trial, Jones said.
Alexander's original Teletyped columns and later marked-up drafts and comments from editors show the process of journalism – from the field to the newsstand.
From Saigon on Oct. 13, 1965, Alexander sent a telex of her draft of a "Feminine Eye" column on the musical "Hello, Dolly," which was playing for U.S. troops in Vietnam.
www.news.uiuc.edu /news/01/0406shana.html   (1035 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Shana Alexander, famed for "Point/Counterpoint," dies
Shana Alexander, who broke ground as the first woman staff writer and columnist at Life magazine and gained pop-culture status in the 1970s as the liberal voice on the "Point/Counterpoint" segment of CBS' "60 Minutes," died Thursday.
Alexander died of cancer in an assisted-living facility in Hermosa Beach, Calif., said her sister, Laurel Bentley, of neighboring Manhattan Beach.
Alexander became editor of McCall's, where she was known for restyling the magazine to appeal to women's interests beyond domestic issues.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002348536_alexanderobit24.html   (848 words)

  
 Shana Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Alexander wrote for magazines including Newsweek and National Geographic and was the first female staff writer employed by Life magazine.
But Alexander was best known for her Point-Counterpoint segments with Kilpatrick at the end of each 60 Minutes broadcast in the late 1970s.
Alexander reported on some of the biggest news stories of her time, including the early days of the women's rights movement, President Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War and the slaying of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
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 Shana Alexander -- writer, '60 Minutes' commentator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Shana Alexander, who broke ground as the first female staff writer and columnist at Life magazine, and who gained pop-culture status on television in the 1970s as the liberal voice on the "Point/Counterpoint" segment on "60 Minutes," died Thursday.
Alexander died of cancer in an assisted living facility in Hermosa Beach (Los Angeles County) said her sister, Laurel Bentley of neighboring Manhattan Beach.
Alexander became the first female editor of McCall's, where she was known for restyling the magazine to appeal to women's interests beyond domestic issues.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/25/BAGPQDERVE1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea   (504 words)

  
 60 Minutes Star Shana Alexander Dies : AOL Celebrity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Trailblazing journalist and author Shana Alexander, whose on-air verbal skirmishes with conservative James J. Kilpatrick on CBS's 60 Minutes were so popular they were spoofed on Saturday Night Live by Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin, died of cancer at an assisted living facility in Hermosa Beach, Calif., on Thursday, says her family.
Alexander, 79, wrote for numerous magazines including Newsweek and National Geographic and was the first female staff writer employed by Life magazine.
Her daughter, Katherine Alexander, died in 1987 when she jumped from the window of the apartment she shared with her mother, the Associated Press reports.
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 Shana Alexander, '70s TV star. dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- Shana Alexander, who gained fame as the liberal voice on the "Point/Counterpoint" segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" in the 1970s, has died.
Alexander, who broke ground earlier as the first woman staff writer and columnist at Life magazine, died of cancer Thursday in an assisted-living facility in Hermosa Beach, Calif., her sister, Laurel Bentley of Manhattan Beach, told the Los Angeles Times.
A 1945 graduate of Vassar College, she was a columnist for Newsweek magazine in 1975 when she was teamed with James J. Kilpatrick, the conservative Washington Star columnist, on "Point/Counterpoint" for the next four years.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/do/Uus-alexander-obit.RzDU_FuO.html   (151 words)

  
 Shana Alexander
The article was expanded to movie length in 1965 as The Slender Thread, starring Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft.
Alexander's father, Milton Ager, wrote a few ditties that are still remembered to this day, including "Ain't She Sweet", "Nobody's Baby", and "Happy Days Are Here Again." Her mother, Cecilia Ager, was a star reporter and film critic for Variety.
Shana Alexander died in 2005 from an undisclosed cancer.
www.nndb.com /people/603/000089336   (298 words)

  
 Shana Alexander * When She Was...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 Shana Alexander, 79, print, TV journalist | IndyStar.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Shana Alexander, who broke ground as the first female staff writer and columnist at Life magazine and gained pop-culture status on television in the 1970s as the liberal voice on the "Point/Counterpoint" segment on "60 Minutes," died Thursday at 79.
In 1969, Alexander became the first female editor of McCall's, where she was known for restyling the magazine to appeal to women's interests beyond domestic issues.
Alexander also wrote 10 books, including ones on Patty Hearst ("Anyone's Daughter"); Jean Harris, the headmistress who was convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower ("Very Much a Lady"); and former Miss America Bess Myerson ("When She Was Bad").
www.indystar.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050625/NEWS06/506250480/1005/ENTERTAINMENT   (420 words)

  
 CBS News | Journalist Shana Alexander Dead | June 24, 2005 10:00:01
You might say Alexander was born with pen in hand: her mom, Cecilia, was a film critic and her dad, Milton Ager, was a songwriter whose credits include "Happy Days are Here Again" and "Ain't She Sweet."
Alexander died at an assisted living facility in Hermosa Beach, her niece Hannah Bentley said Thursday night.
Alexander wrote for numerous magazines including Newsweek and National Geographic and was the first female staff writer employed by Life magazine.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/06/24/entertainment/main703879.shtml   (293 words)

  
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(Alexander 5) Weed was left on the floor severely beaten.
They threw tear gas and exchanged about 9,000 bullets before the house caught on fire and the SLA members were forced to come out but they were shot when they tried to shoot back.
(Alexander 200) Patty saw the news in a motel room in Anaheim.
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 Pioneering journalist Shana Alexander dies - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
Pioneering journalist Shana Alexander dies - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
Commentator known for her articles, appearances on '60 Minutes'
But Alexander was best known for her “Count-Counterpoint” segments with Kilpatrick at the end of each “60 Minutes” broadcast in the late 1970s.
msnbc.msn.com /id/8340821   (389 words)

  
 1432. Shana Alexander. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
The law changes and flows like water, and … the stream of women’s rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent.
Shana Alexander’s State-by-State Guide to Women’s Legal Rights Wollstonecraft 75
The World: Law: Attorneys & the Practice of Law
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 CJR - Books - Happy Days, by Shana Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
CJR - Books - Happy Days, by Shana Alexander
McCall's was the real Graustark, a place of total unreality.
McCall's was the lickable Hormel ham ad writ large.
archives.cjr.org /year/96/2/books-happy.asp   (233 words)

  
 Elefanten sind einfach riesig by Shana Alexander (Elephant News)
Elefanten sind einfach riesig by Shana Alexander (Elephant News)
Ein Plädoyer gegen die traditionelle Zoo- und Zirkushaltung.Shana Alexander - Anthropologin und eine der erfolgreichsten Reporterinnen der USA - schreibt seit 1962 über Elefanten: Ihre spektakuläre Life-Titelreportage dokumentierte damals die erste Elefantengeburt in einem nordamerikanischen Zoo.
Please note that we can not guarantee the accuracy of any news story and do not endorse any of the views expressed therein.
www.elephant-news.com /book.php?ISBN=3894054409   (488 words)

  
 1987
October 31 - Joseph Campbell, author and expert on mythology
Physics - J. Georg Bednorz, K. Alexander Müller
Chemistry Donald J Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J Pedersen
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 Shana Alexander
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